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Relationship between bacteria and ciliate protozoa in the rumen of sheep fed on a purified diet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Y. Kurihara ,
T. Takechi  and
F. Shibata
Y. Kurihara
Affiliation:
Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
T. Takechi
Affiliation:
Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
F. Shibata
Affiliation:
Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Summary

Two sheep, with and without ciliate protozoa, were fed on a wood-pulp cellulose, corn starch, soya-bean protein diet and the microbiological and chemical characteristics of the rumen ingesta of both sheep were studied. The purified diet led to a simplified rumen flora enabling some deductions to be made about the interactions of the principal bacterial species and their interactions with the protozoa in relationship to the biochemical analysis of the rumen. Ammonia concentrations were similarly low in each animal. Total volatile fatty acid concentrations were higher in the faunated sheep though the proportion of propionic acid was highest in the unfaunated sheep. Cellulose digestion in the faunated rumen was about twice that in the unfaunated one. Total bacterial concentrations in the unfaunated rumen were over twice those in the faunated rumen, but the numbers of cellulolytic bacteria were higher in the latter while the numbers of amylolytic bacteria were higher in the unfaunated rumen. The principal species of bacteria differed in the two rumens.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 90 , Issue 2 , April 1978 , pp. 373 - 381
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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